Side-recess-entrance car.



G. H. VAN LEUVEN.

SIDE RECESS ENTRANCE GAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB, 6', 1913.

1 ,O98,000. Paten ed May 26, 1914.

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G. H. VAN LEUVEN.

SIDE RECESS ENTRANCE OAR.

APPLICATION FILED mm. a, 1913.

Patented Ma 26, 1914.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY PH CO WASHINGTON. D c.

G. H. VAN LEUVEN.

SIDE RECESS ENTRANCE GAR.

APPLICATION FILED PEB- e, 1913.

1,098,000. Patented May 26, 1914.

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SIDE RECESS ENTRANCE GAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6, 1913.

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CHARLES H. VAN LEUVEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SIDE-RECESS-ENTRANCE CAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. VAN LEUVEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the borough of Brooklyn of the city of New York, inthe county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Side-Recess-Entrance Car, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a side recess entrance car in which entrance isby means of a reentrant recess at each side of the car, the recessesbeing in opposite relation to each other, separated from the interior ofthe car and providing direct communication with the interior or body ofthe car whereby the passenger is admitted to the body of the car withoutfirst going upon a platform or into a vestibule or through a passagewayor through a second entrance, and the objects of my invention are,first, to provide a side recess entrance car which in operation may beused as single unit, single end, single unit double end, or for trainservice, sec- 0nd, in which the passenger carrying capacity is increasedover the ordinary type of car, third, in which the passengers areenabled to enter directly into the main or seat portion of the car freefrom passengers standing or collected upon the platform, fourth, inwhich the loading and discharging of passengers is accelerated withconsequent saving of time, fifth, in which a compartment is provided toseparate the motorman and conductor from the passengers to the advantageof both motorman and conductor in performance of their duties, sixth, inwhich end compartments are providedin which, on the motormans end of thecar on the motormans side, may be installed all operating mechanism, andon the side opposite the motorman the air brake reservoir, compressor,governor, &c. thereby removing from the underframe of the car allapparatus except foundation brake parts, thus affording easy inspectionof parts and convenience for repairs,'and obviating the danger andnecessity for inspectors, electrical or other repair men from goingbeneath the car, and the necessity for placing the car over a repairpit, seventh, in which when used for train service the end compartmentmay be so divided as to afford Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 6, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914. Serial No. 746,478.

a passageway and two side compartments, which side compartments are inspace saved from the seating portion of the car and one may be used forinstalling hand-brakes, &c., and for storage of lamps, tools, lanterns,&c., and the other of said compartments may be used for toilet andlavatory purposes, eighth, in which the under frame of the car isprovided with braces for resisting the impact of blows upon the outerportions of the arch or end sill and against side wipe.

To the accomplishment of the above recited objects and others of asimilar nature my invention consists in the construction, combinationand arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope ofthe appended claims. And it should be understood that I do not confinemyself to all the precise details of construction as there may bemodification and variation in certain respects without departing fromthe spirit of my invention or exceeding the scope of the claims.

I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which- Figure 1, is a plan view of an end of my side recessentrance car. Fig. 2, is a side elevation of an end of my side recessentrance car. Fig. 3, is a plan view of the under frame of an end of myside recess entrance car. Fig. 1, is a transverse section of an end ofmy side recess entrance car partly in elevation. Fig. 5, is a plan viewof an end of a modified form of my side recess entrance car.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My side recess entrance car comprises, with suitable wheel support, inits main features an under frame, 10, a floor, 11, walls or sides, 12, aroof, 13, and recesses, 14, in the under frame and floor. The underframe, 10, except the side sills hereinafter mentioned, extends the fulllength of the car and has at each end an arch or end sill, 15. Theunderframe, 10, is provided with side sills, 16, and center sills, 17,connected and held together by cross sills, 18. The side sills, 16, areof less length than the center sills, 17, terminating at cross-sills,18, at a point not far from the curved ends of the arch or end sills,15, Fig. 3, while the center sills, 17, are extended from end to end ofthe under frame, 10. The extended portions of the center sills, 17, areconnected by intermediate cross sills, 19. Truss members, 20, attachedto and extending from the ends of the intermediate cross sills, 19, atan angle to the longitudinal line of the under frame, 10, are attachedto the curved ends of the arch or end sills, 15, to provide support forthe outer ends of the end sills, 15. The effect of this construction ofthe under frame, 10, is to provide oppositely related recesses, 14,formed in the under frame, 10, between a truss member, 20, a portion ofthe adjacent center sill, 17, the outer portion of a cross-sill, 1S, andan end of a side sill, 16. Diagonal braces, 21, between the cross-sills,18, and the intermediate cross-sills, 19, and forwardly extendingbraces, 22, serve to resist the impact of a blow upon the outer portionsof the arch or end sill, 15, or of a side wipe, while a direct blow uponthe arch or end sill, 15, is received and resisted by the extendedcenter sills, 17.

My under frame, 10, provides a strong and simple construction extendingthe full length of the car upon which to place the floor and erect thewalls and support the roof, does away with platforms at the ends of thecar, and provides for a floor at the same plane from end to end of thecar.

The floor, 11, is of the usual car construction and extends on the sameplane from end sill, 15, to end sill, 15, except that near an end of mycar at the recesses, 14, in the under frame, 10, it is cut away toprovide oppositely related recesses corresponding substantially in shapeto the quadrilateral shaped recesses, 14, in the under frame, 10.

The sides or walls, 12, are constructed in the manner customary in carsexcept that instead of extending the full length of the car body theirlength is substantially the same as that of the side sills, 16, that is,they ter' minate longitudinally at the recesses, 14, of the under frame,10, and floor, 11, at which point they turn at a right angle and arecontinued inwardly on the line of the sides of said recesses, 14, whichare adjacent to the main or passenger portion of the car, and have adisconnected portion extending on the line of the sides of said recesseswhich are adjacent to the end sill, 15, of the car, the effect of thisconstruction being that the walls, 12, form side walls for saidrecesses, 14, as well as sides or walls for the car, the recesses thusbeing formed in and inclosed by the walls of the car. The walls at theend of the car follow substantially the line of the arch or end sills,15, of the car.

The roof, 13, is of the ordinary form used in car construction andextends over the full length of the car, that is from end sill, 15, to

end sill, 15, including the space comprised within the recesses, 14, inthe under frame, 10, and floor, 11. The recesses, 14, with the sides orwalls, 12, providing inclosing sides therefor and covered by the roof,13, thus become recess entrances at the sides of the car in oppositerelation to each other opening directly into the main or passengerportion of the car. Instead of the roof of the car covering each of therecesses, 14, a separate roof or hood may be placed over each of therecesses, 14.

Each of the recesses, 14, is provided with steps, 23, which afford meansof entrance and exit through the recesses, 14. The outer edge of thelowermost of the steps, 23, is arranged so as not to project beyond theexterior body line of the car, Fig. 4, the intention being to preventcollision of the low-ermcst step with passing vehicles or otherobstacles. Each of the recesses, 14, has at the point of entrance to themain or passenger portion of the car a door, 24, opening or swinginginward, which doors, 24, may be of frame or frame and glass form, orthey may be made to fold and turn back if desirable. The passenger isthus permitted to enter directly the seating portion or interior of thecar without first going upon a plat-- form or passing through avestibule or passage way, thus avoiding cont-act with brake handles orother appliances usually found at the sides of a car entrance, andavoiding interference with the motorman or conductor or of meetingpassengers on the platform or in the vestibule or passage way. Aninwardly swinging or folding gate or door may be provided on the outwardedge of the steps for added safety for passengers, and may inclose partor all of the opening or from plate of car to top of bottom step, if thecar is used where snow and storms are prevalent. Each of the recesses,14, has suitable and conveniently placed grab-handles, 25, to affordsafety to entrance and exit.

The modified form of my side recess entrance car, Fig. 5, is in generalof the same construction as the main form of my device, except that eachof the recesses, 26, is of triangular shape with the apex of thetriangle inward, each recess, 26, being separated from the interior orbody of the car by the outer sides or walls of the car which form thesides or walls of the recess, or each recess, 26, may have individualsides or walls separating it from the interior or body of the car, thisform of car being more particularly intended for street railway service.

The steps, 27, of my modified form of car are arranged as shown in thedrawing, Fig. 5, such arrangement being the most available in View ofthe triangular shape of the recesses, 26, and preferably only two stepsare used in each recess as the height of the car from the rail is not sogreat as in my main form. The out-er edge of the lowermost step is alsowithin the outer body line of the car. The recesses, 26,. are providedwith doors and grab-handles as in the case of the recesses, 14, of themain form of my car.

In regard to the partition or division arrangement of the compartment atan end of my car comprised between the end sill, 15, and the walls, 12,of the adjacent recesses, 14, the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, is alongitudinal passageway with a compartment on each side, in one of whichside compartments the controller, air brake and hand brake may beinstalled, while in the other side compartment the switch group,reverser and reservoir may be placed, while other apparatus, usuallyinstalled under the car, may be placed in the corresponding compartmentsat the other end of the car. l/Vhere the car is not provided with motorapparatus but is for train service the side compartments may be used fortoilet and lavatories or installing hand brakes or electric light switchlockers, or for storage of tools, lamps, &c. This arrangement of the endcompartment also, in train service, permits the conductor or guard tocall out stations from a position in the longitudinal passageway, freeand clear from passengers who are about to leave the car. Thearrangement shown in Fig. 5, that is, without divisions or partitions,permits such arrangement of apparatus as may be desirable, and itsremoval from under the car, and affords a separate compartment for themotorman or conductor, as the case may be, removed from interferencewith the passengers entering or leaving the car.

In my side recess entrance car by utilizing what in the ordinary car istaken up by platforms and providing the recess entrances at the sides ofthe car I afford compartments for apparatus removed from under the car,toilets, lockers, and a place for the motorman or conductor apart fromthe passengers, an unobstructed direct entrance for the passengers, anda main or passenger portion of the car of such character as to becapable of the most advantageous arrangement of seats.

Having fully described my invention, I claim:

1. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support,an underframe, a floor, sides, and a roof, said ear having recesses inthe underframe and sides in opposite relation to each other near an endof the car, each of the recesses in the sides being in correspondence toa recess in the underframe and covered and reentrant to the side of thecar and separated from the interior of the car by the side of the carand provided with means for entrance and exit and direct communicationwith the interior of the car whereby the passenger is admitted to thebody of the car without first entering upon a platform or into avestibule or through a passageway or through a second entrance, each ofthe recesses in the underframe being formed by a truss member a portionof the adjacent center sill and a portion of a cross sill.

2. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support,an underframe, a floor, sides, and a roof, said car having recesses inthe underframe and sides in opp0- site relation to each other near anend of the car, each of the recesses in the sides being incorrespondence to a recess in the underframe, each of the recesses inthe sides having a cover and being reentrant to the side of the car andseparated from the interior of the car by the side of the car andprovided with means for entrance and exit and direct communication withthe interior of the car whereby the passenger is admitted to the body ofthe car without first entering upon a platform or into a vestibule orthrough a passageway or through a second Y entrance, each of therecesses in the underframe being formed by a truss member a portion ofthe adjacent center sill a portion of a cross sill and an end of a sidesill.

3 A side recess entrance car comprising, with a suitablewheel support, afloor, sides, and a roof, said car having recesses at its sides inopposite relation'to each other, each of said recesses being oftriangular shape with the apex inward and separated from the interior ofthe car and having means for entrance and exit and direct communi cationwith the interior of the car whereby the passenger is admitted to thebody of the car without first entering upon a platform or'into avestibule or through a passageway or through a second entrance.

1. Aside recess entrance car comprising, 7

with suitable wheel support, a floor, sides and a roof, said car havingcovered recesses at its sides in oppositerelation to each other near anend of the car, each of said recesses being of triangular shape with theapex inward and separated from the interior of the car and having meansfor entrance and exit and direct communication with the interior of thecar whereby the passenger is admitted to the body of the car withoutfirst entering upon a platform or into a vestibule or through apassageway or through a second entrance.

5. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support,an under frame, a floor, walls, and a roof, said car having recesses atthe sides thereof in opposite'relation to each other near an end of thecar, each of said recesses being of triangular shape with the apexinward and provided with steps for entrance and exit and a doorcommunicating with the interior of the car, each of said recesses beingformed in the underframe and floor of the car and inclosed by the wallsand covered by the roof of the car.

6. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support,an under frame, a floor, walls, and a roof, said car having recesses inthe walls of the car in opposite relation to each other formed in andinclosed by the walls of the car provided with means for entrance andexit and means for communication with the interior of the car, each ofsaid recesses being of triangular shape with the apex inward.

7. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support,an underframe, a floor, sides, and a roof, said car having a compartmentat an end of the car andcovered recesses at the sides of the car inopposite relation to each other'near an end of the car, each of saidrecesses being provided with steps for entrance and exit and a doorcommunicating with the interior of the car, said end compartment beingadjacent tooppositely related recesses, and each of said recesses beingof triangular shape withv the apex inward and formed in the underframe,floor and side of the car and separated from the interior of the car bythe side ofthe car.

8. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support, afloor, sides, and a roof, the sides having recesses of triangular shapewith the apex inward separated from the interior of the car and havingmeans for entrance and exit and communication with the interior of thecan.

9. In a side recess entrance car, side walls having recesses in oppositerelationtoeach other of triangular shape with the apex inward separatedfrom the interior of the car and having means for entrance and exit anddirect communication with the interior of the car whereby thepassengeris admitted to the body of the car without first entering upon aplatform or into a vestibule or through a passageway or through a secondentrance.

10. In a side recess entrance car, side walls having entrance recessesof triangular shape with the apex inward.

11. In a side recess entrance car, side walls having recesses inopposite relation to each other of triangular shape with the apexinwardformed in and inclosed by said side walls.

12. In a side recess entrance car, an underfranie comprising end sills,center sills connecting the end sills, side sills of less length thanthe center sills, cross sills connecting the center sills to each otherand to the side sills, intermediate cross sills, and truss membersconnecting the center sills and the curved ends of the end sills, saidunderframe having recesses in opposite relation to each other formedtherein at the sides thereof, each of said recesses being formed by atruss member a portion of the adjacent center sill and a portion of across sill.

13. In a side recess entrance car, an underframe comprising curved endsills, center sills connecting the end sills, side sills of less lengththan the center sills, cross sills connectingthe center sills to eachother and to the side sills, intermediate cross sills, and truss membersconnecting the center sills and the curved ends of the end sills, saidunderframe having recesses in opposite relation to each other formedtherein at the sides thereof, each of said recesses being formed by atruss member a portion of the adjacent center sill an end of a side.sill and a portion of.

a cross sill.

14:. In a side recess entrance car, an-underframe comprisingend sills,center sills connecting the end sills, side sillsofless length than thecenter sills, cross sills connecting the center sills to each otherand-to the side sills, intermediate cross sills, diagonal braces betweenthe cross sills and the intermediate cross sills, and truss membersconnecting the center sills and .the curved ends of the sills.

15. In a side recess entrance car, an underframe comprising end sills,center sills connecting the end sills, side sills of less length thanthe center sills, cross sills connecting the center sills to each otherand to the side I sills, intermediate cross sills, diagonal bracesbetween the cross sills and the intermediate cross sills, truss membersconnecting the center sills and the curved ends of the end sills, andbraces extending at an angle from the center sills connecting the centersills and the truss members to the end sills.

CHARLES H. VAN LEUVEN. lVitnesses:

W. H. GEE, N. A. FRIEND.

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